@wolfishmusings- If all of the Jews and Christians in private schools decided to flood public schools, then it would ruin the whole system. I just don’t understand why part of the public school teacher’s contract can’t be that they have to teach in the private schools in the afternoon.
This again????
We’ve been over this before – the idea that you can just “flood” the public school system with kids and that the Board of Ed will just throw up their hands in defeat and say “OK, go to yeshiva, we’ll pay for it.”
In short, it’s not going to work, for several reasons — none of which have anything to do with a teacher’s contract.
1. There is an amendment in the New York State Constitution (and in the constitutions of many, but not all, states) that says that the state government cannot fund a school if religion is taught there or if it is controlled by a religious organization.
2. Even if every frum person in the city were to suddenly take his/her kid to public school, the amendment (commonly referred to as a Blaine Amendment) would *still* prevent the government from paying for it. If everyone did so (and, trust me, you’ll never get that to happen) all that would happen is that the BoE would send you home, tell you that they’re going to have a spot for you in a week or two and then scramble to find space. That’s all they’re legally empowered to do.
The Wolf